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Caprylic acid

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4
Clinical Trials
0
Meta-Analyses
1
PubMed References
Top Conditions Studied with Caprylic acid
Essential Tremor 2 Aged 1 Essential Voice Tremor|Vocal Tremor|Voice Tremor|Essential T 1
📋 Sample Trials
NCT03904433
Quantification of Ketosis After Intake of Coconut Oil and Caprylic Acid-With and Without Glucose-After a 12-hour Fast
Completed
NCT00848172
Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Pilot Study of Octanoic Acid in Essential Tremor
Completed · Phase 1|Phase 2
NCT01468948
Octanoic Acid for Essential Tremor
Completed · Phase 1
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
None linked yet.
📚 Sample References
PMID 32770813
Caprylic acid (C8:0) promotes bone metastasis of prostate cancer by dysregulated adipo-osteogenic balance in bone marrow
Cancer Sci · 2020
⚗️ All Ingredient data fields for Caprylic acid
⚗️ Identity
Name
Caprylic acid
Aliases / Synonyms
octanoic acid; 124-07-2; n-octanoic acid; Octylic acid; n-caprylic acid; octoic acid; n-octylic acid; n-Octoic acid; 1-heptanecarboxylic acid
🧪 Chemistry
Molecular Weight
144.2140
LogP
2.4315
Drug-likeness
0.581
Oral Bioavailability
16.3980
H-Bond Acceptors
1
H-Bond Donors
1
Rotatable Bonds
6
🔬 Structures
Canonical SMILES
CCCCCCCC(=O)O
Isomeric SMILES
CCCCCCCC(=O)O
InChIKey
WWZKQHOCKIZLMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H16O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8(9)10/h2-7H2,1H3,(H,9,10)
🔗 External References
HERB DB
HBIN019688 ↗
PubChem CID
379 ↗
CAS Number
68937-74-6 ↗
NPASS
NPC301696
HIT
C0258
TCMID
23099; 3140
TCMSP
MOL000303
TCM-ID
12580
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (33 fields)
name
Caprylic acid
common names
octanoic acid; 124-07-2; n-octanoic acid; Octylic acid; n-caprylic acid; octoic acid; n-octylic acid; n-Octoic acid; 1-heptanecarboxylic acid
herb ingredient id
HBIN019688
canonical smiles
CCCCCCCC(=O)O
isomeric smiles
CCCCCCCC(=O)O
inchi
InChI=1S/C8H16O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8(9)10/h2-7H2,1H3,(H,9,10)
inchikey
WWZKQHOCKIZLMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
mol wt
144.2140
num h acceptors
1
num h donors
1
mol logp
2.4315
num rotatable bonds
6
drug likeness
0.581
ob score
16.3980
cas id
68937-74-6
tcmid ingredient id
23099; 3140
tcmsp ingredient id
MOL000303
tcm id ingredient id
12580
pubchem cid
379
npass id
NPC301696
hit id
C0258

🏥 Linked Health Topics

1 · diseases via target pathways
Essential Tremor
syndrome

📋 Clinical Trials

4 · subject of clinical study
NCT03904433 Quantification of Ketosis After Intake of Coconut Oil and Caprylic Acid-With and
→ Aged
NCT00848172 Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Pilot Study of Octanoic Acid in Essential Tremo
→ Essential Tremor
NCT01468948 Octanoic Acid for Essential Tremor
→ Essential Tremor
NCT01864525 Effects of Octanoic Acid for Treatment of Essential Voice Tremor
→ Essential Voice Tremor|Vocal Tremor|Voice Tremor|E

📚 PubMed References

1 · cited research
PMID 32770813 Caprylic acid (C8:0) promotes bone metastasis of prostate cancer by dysregulated
Cancer Sci
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